The fountains mingle with the river
And the rivers with the ocean,
The winds of heaven mix for ever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single,
All things by a law divine
In one another’s being mingle -
Why not I with thine?
         
See the mountain’s kiss high heaven
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister-flower would be forgiven
If it disdain’d its brother:
         
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea -
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?

You were born together, and together you
  shall be for evermore.
You shall be together when the white wings
  of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory
  of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness.
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores
  of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from
  the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each
  one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they
  quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each
  other's shadow.

He who binds himself to a joy
Does the wingéd life destroy
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity's sunrise.